March, 2010 - Archive

Basic Steps Toward Work-Life Balance
 |  March 31, 2010

Forbes.com | by Helen Coster and Tara Weiss | 3/31/2010 For most people, juggling the demands of a career and a personal life is an ongoing challenge, especially at a time when many companies have slashed their ranks —and expect more from the survivors. Achieving the elusive “work-life balance” can often feel like an impossible [...]

Some Americans Getting 99 Weeks of Unemployment Payments
 |  March 9, 2010

With the national unemployment rate at 9.7%, there are now 14.9 million jobless American workers. This is the highest number ever recorded since the 1950s. Some American workers have been collecting unemployment payments for as long as 99 weeks. This situation was made possible by the multiple extensions of the unemployment insurance program passed by [...]

Profit Over Principles
 |  March 3, 2010

Townhall.com | by Cal Thomas | 3/2/2010 When Toyota President Akio Toyoda testified last week before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, an attitude was exposed that Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) correctly characterized as fostering a “cutthroat corporate” environment that placed costs ahead of quality and safety. Such a priority would have been [...]